Elmer Roy Eggebrecht

Elmer was born May 28, 1933 in Vida, Mont., to William Eggebrecht and Ida Knopp Eggebrecht. He was schooled in Powell for 11 1/2 years, where he played football and was instrumental in initiating heavyweight wrestling, taking the state championship. He graduated in Othello, Wash., where he took top honors in wrestling and later placed in the Sports Hall of Fame for that state.

He served and retired with 20-plus years in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee, First Class. He married Harriet Huffman in 1954.

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